Sanitary drinking-fountain.



J. B. TATE, D. L. WILHOIT 6: H. M. FOX.

SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.- APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. ms.

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SANITARY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN;

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. Application filed May 23, 1916. Serial No. 99,430.

To'all whom it may concern.

Be it known that weglosarn B. Tarn, DEL

LIE L. Enron, and r new M. For, citizens of the United States, residingat Martinsville, in the county of Clark and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful improvements in Sanitary Drinking-Noun tains, ofwhich the following is a speciiication. i

This invention relates to sanitary drinking fountains and it. consistsin the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a fountain of the characterindicated which is of simple and durable structure and which isespecially adapted to be used for elevating water from a well or othercomparatively deep receptacle whereby the water is ejected at the top ofthe fountain in a relatively small stream or column and may be used fordrinking purposes.

With this object in view the fountain includes a standard adapted to bepositioned at the top of the well or receptacle and having a springsupported push rod slidably connected thereto.

A casing is adapted to be positioned in the bottom portion of the wellor receptacle and a plunger is slidably mounted in the said casing andconnected with the said rod. Suitable check valves are located in thecasing for controlling the flow of the water therethrough. The standardis provided at its upper end with a basin and a service pip'e extendsfrom the casing through the standard and projects through the bottomofthe basin. The said basin is provided with a suitable drain pipe.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of thefountain.

Fig. 2 isa detailed upper portion thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the lower portion of the standardof the fountain and. attached parts.

Fig. 4- is a detailed sectional view of a casing and associated parts.used in the fountain.

The fountain includes a standard 1 which is provided at its upper endwith a basin 2.

sectional view of the The said standard and the basin may be of anysuitable design or configuration and the standard is adapted to bepositioned at the top of a well or other receptacle containingSpecification of Letters. Patent.

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its upper end with the base of the standard 1. A rod 8 traverses thelength of the pipe 6 and cylinder 7 and the said rod carries at itsupper end a head 9 which projects above the base of the standard 1. Acoil spring 10 is housed in the cylinder 7. The lower end of the saidspring 10 bears against the lower end of the said cylinder and the upperend thereof bears against the lower end of the head 9. The spring 10 isunder tension with a tendency to hold the rod 8 and head 9 in anelevated position. A plunger 11 is slidably mounted in the casing e andis connected with the lower end of the rod 8. The casing a is providedat its lower end with a valve controlled port 12 and at its side with avalve chamber 13. A pipe 1 1- is connected at lower end with the upperend of the valve chamber 18 and the said pipe extends up passes throughthe center of the standard 1 and the basin 2. The upper end of the pipelei is slightly above the upper surface of the said basin 2.

In operation the standard 1 is positioned at the upper end of the wellor receptacle and the casing 4: is positioned in the water containedwithin the said receptacle and in the vicinity of the bottom of thereceptacle. hen it is desired to use the fountain an operator depressesthe upper end of the head 9 whereby the rod 8 ismoved in a downwarddirection against the tension of the spring 10. the rod 8 moves as aboveindicated the plunger 11 is moved in a downward direction in the casingl. Thus the air in the said casing is forced through the valve chamber13 and pipe 14.- out of the casing. 'Vhen pressure is removed from thehead 9 the said head d rod 8 are moved in an upward direction under thetension of the springs 10 and as the plunger 11 moves away from the port17!: the water is drawn into the casing l, through the said port andupon the next downward movement of the plunger 11 the said water isforced through the valve chamber 13 and pipe 14 and out at the upper endthereof where it maybe used for drinking purposes. Any water that mayfall into the basin 1 will drain from the same through the pipe 3consequently the device cannot be rendered inactive by reason of thewater freezing in the said basin.

From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing it will be seen that a sanitary drinking fountain of simple anddurable structure is provided and that the same may be easily andconveniently used for elevating water which is not normally underpressure.

Having described the invention what is claimed 1s c A fountaincomprising a standard, a cas- Copies of this patent may be obtained foring located below the standard, a water pipe 20 other end of said pipe,and at its other end 25 with the standard, a rod movably mountedin thestandard, cylinder and last mentioned pipe, and connected with theplunger, and a spring housed withinthe cylinder and bearing at one endagainst the end of thejsec 30 0nd mentioned pipe and connected with therod to hold the same in an elevated pok' sition.

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JOSEPH B. TATE. DELLIE L. WILHOIT. i HARRY M. ox. i

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents; Washington,D. 0. v I l I11 testimony whereof we affix our si-g--

